One guilty in gun assault

Thursday

Oct 10, 2013 at 6:00 PMOct 10, 2013 at 6:51 PM

By Daily Telegram staff

One of two brothers arrested for an alleged gun assault at an Adrian apartment complex on Sept. 13 pleaded guilty Wednesday in Lenawee County Circuit Court. Nicholas Gage Mapes, 21, is to be sentenced Nov. 14. Justus Hunter Mapes, 18, of Manitou Beach is to be arraigned Oct. 16.

The two were arrested by Adrian police after allegedly threatening a 21-year-old man with a handgun at West Terrace Apartments, 1897 W. Maumee St. The victim told Adrian police he was threatened with a gun after walking down from a second-floor balcony to talk with the two men who threw rocks and yelled insults at him.

“I pointed the gun at him,” Nicholas Mapes said. He initially said he was defending himself. “A fight was occurring,” he said, but he then admitted it was not self-defense. He also admitted resisting Adrian police who restrained both brothers outside Nicholas Mapes’ apartment at the complex.

Mapes asked to be released on a personal recognizance bond pending his Nov. 14 sentencing. Judge Margaret M.S. Noe reduced his $400,000 bond to $50,000 cash or surety.